Takamanda National Park forms part of an trans-boundary protected area with Nigeria’s Cross River National Park. The reserve is home to 115 Cross River gorillas‚ one third the population of the world’s rarest gorilla which is under threat from hunting,...
Low-volume wood-burning stoves to protect forest habitat, alternative livelihoods to replace bush meat hunting with beekeeping and the promotion of ecotourism are among steps planned under the United Nations Year of the Gorilla 2009, launched today, to save of one of...
Vancouver, BC, Canada ‚Äì The first ever painting of a Cross River gorilla, Africa‚ most endangered primate, will be unveiled to the public for the first time on 19 October 2008, at the Mountain View Conservation and Breeding Centre, in Langley, BC, Canada. The author...
The gorilla stares out searchingly, a slight quiver on its lip, as it folds its fingers and holds its own hands. The image is strikingly real. But it’s also a painting. Coquitlam resident Daniel Taylor worked for months, painstakingly recreating the critically...
Buea, Cameroon – Wildlife conservationists have expressed fears that if nothing serious is done to rescue the 300 Cross River gorillas left in the world, they would soon be extinct. This was the preoccupation of some local and international wildlife artists who...
Limbe, Cameroon – Daniel Taylor, a high realism wildlife artists based in Canada, will paint in Limbe Wildlife Centre from 15-18 November 2007. Visitors will have free entrance to the centre during this period. On the 15th of November a creative art workshop...
